Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. All are examples of the kind of work featured in Stand To!
Articles on Tanks in Stand To 1 to 116 (1981 to 2019)
There are no fewer than 25 articles on tanks featured in Stand To! A popular subject, it has been covered in many differ…
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The Camera Returns [10] at the Central Tank Workshops at Erin, near St Pol by Bob Gru…
'Camera Returns' No. 10 appeared in Stand To! No. 28 Spring 1990. Some 30 years later the 100th 'Camera Returns' approac…
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Project ALIAS: A major scheme to locate men who served using a 'different' name
There are many fascinating quirks within the Pension Record Cards which have been saved by The Western Front Association…
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The disabled soldier – how his pension was calculated
A man who was discharged as medically unfit where that unfitness was certified as being either caused by or aggravated b…
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Pension Record Cards and Ledgers - how they fitted in to the bigger picture
As many member of The Western Front Association will know, especially the those who have accessed the pension records, t…
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Deborah Tank Descendants Return : 92nd Anniversary of when the tank was knocked out
This article by Rob Kirk first appeared ten years ago in Bulletin 86 : Feb/March 2010 pp 11-12. Members receive Bulletin…
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Ypres Salient Tank Memorial unveiled at Poelcapelle 10 October 2009
This article by Rob Kirk first appeared ten years ago in Bulletin 86 : Feb/March 2010 pp 8 -10. Members receive Bulletin…
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The Wood Brothers of Stacksteads, Lancashire
Back in 2014, I was helping to plan my brother's stag party. We planned to go to Ypres to visit many of the First World …
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British Prisoner of War Deaths - a case study from one PoW camp
Lidzbark Warminski, previously known as Heilsberg, is a town in northern Poland. In 1918, the area was part of East Prus…
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'1917' - using the Pension Records to track down the characters in the film (if they'…
The new film '1917' by Sam Mendes is about to be released in the UK (and has already been released in the USA). It has b…
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The Infamous Dutch Lady And Other Famous Espionage Agents of the Great War
Arguably the two most famous, or infamous, individuals engaged in espionage during the Great War were an tall exotic dan…
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Identifying the Dead: a Short Study of the Identification Tags of 1914-1918
Introduction to Identification Discs and Tags of the First World War Article by David O'Mara whose website is 'At So…
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